Jamie - Half Marathon

COMPLETE!

2010-10-25T00:13:00.003+01:00

Challenge Complete!

Half Marathon - 2 Hours - 51 seconds - 58 seconds (Chip time!)

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Final Post before the Run!

2010-10-16T21:45:00.003+01:00

So this is my final post before the actual run!

thanks for all your messages of support - whether they've been in person, on facebook etc...

2936 is my number... I shall be at the start line at 9... and i shall update you on what has happened!

Listen to GTFM (107.9 or online at www.gtfm.co.uk) tomorrow morning from around 8.30am where chris mason and I will be live talking the run up ... !

Wish me luck!

Speak Soon!

Jamie!
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4 days to go...

2010-10-13T23:43:00.004+01:00

So you may have heard me earlier on Community Link on GTFM with Chris...
I was giving a little update on my progress... only THEN to be suprised by presenters/staff to come into the studio and give me a cake!

(I was 20 last week and i thought they'd forgotten but they hadnt!)

A Tigger cake it was! They tried to find me a meerkat cake but failed so i had a tigger one which pleased me lots!!

Anyway... i deviate!

It's the 13th of October today... the 17th of October is run day...

Today i ran a mile (and a half)... 3 laps around 3 streets near where i live... no stopping either! it was ok...

I have a running number now too!!

2936!

Remember, I'm running for 2 charities... 2! so the monies collected will be split between GTFM (Registered charity 1111030) and Teenage Cancer Trust.

For now...

Peace out :)
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eeeek! 5 days to go...

2010-10-12T22:54:00.002+01:00

So today, I went for a full on run.
Properly run and tried my hardest... run part of the route again ... from my house (cogan) to the end of the barrage and back...

The running was halted when one of the barrage gates opened but never mind!

4 miles... it's a third (near enough) of what im due to run on sunday!

It's dawning on me now ... it's a full on challenge now!

Challenge. On!

That is all.

Hear me talking about the run on GTFM 107.9 tomorrow afternoon... (around 1.30pm)

JP

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Approaching Fast...

2010-10-07T18:41:00.003+01:00

Hey all!

So i turned 20 yesterday... no longer a teenager now but thats not shying away from the fact it's the cardiff half marathon in 10 days time!

I'll be honest - I haven't been doing much training.

I am now getting a little scared... my number and pack came through the other day...

Argh!! Keep it tuned to GTFM 107.9/ Here on my blog over the next week or so to hear how im doing...

Sponsor too! Remember it's for charity! Teenage Cancer Trust and GTFM (2 Registered Charities)

J
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Under 4 weeks...

2010-09-21T10:51:00.002+01:00

Ok... so i've just come back from a run..

Todays run took me on part of the actual route of the Cardiff Half Marathon (Penarth Marina and Barrage) - 2ish miles

I will admit, this is getting difficult - in school i used to be a sprinter (100m - and proud of it too! running at the old Cardiff athletics stadium and winning a few school county championship races on some occasions! - a little unknown fact there)

and i'm still in that stage of "Sprinting" ... or as some would say ... setting the pace too quickly! so over the next four weeks i have to get myself out of that phase to run 13 miles!

Follow my progress on GTFM 107.9/ www.gtfm.co.uk ...

Now for a coolish bath and a banana... healthy stuff! (The banana not the bath)

bye for now!

Sunday 17th October! Date for your diaries!

oh... and If you've come here after hearing my trail on GTFM... Welcome!

Run!! Phew!!

2010-09-08T10:36:00.004+01:00

So... Lots of people have been saying "have i been running" "have i been in trainin for the half marathon"... Well... I shall update....

Today went for a run with my good ole friend Matt who i went to High School with and am currently attending uni with him too doing the exact same course!

Anyway - he's also doing the Cardiff Half marathon in over a months time and hes worrying a little as i've done it before and he hasnt.

BUT He's much better at keeping a pace than me!! I don't know why he's worrying... ah well.

but nevertheless - 2.3 miles in 18 minutes... which is quite good in my opinion. around 8 minute miles.

Keep the sponsors coming in!! Sunday 17th October 2010 - Half Marathon!

The routes pretty nice too. It starts at Lloyd George Avenue (Reddragon Centre)... and finishes at the same place but then goes around all the nice parts of Cardiff (pontcanna fields/ cardiff city centre/ Cardiff (penarth) barrage and then Penarth Marina...

Updates will be more regular now...

Speak soon!

(on air - today from 4pm - 7pm and then tomorrow morning 6am - 10am - GTFM 107.9 or online www.gtfm.co.uk )

I'm going to do it!!

2010-07-10T22:38:00.003+01:00

This may be the hardest thing im ever going to do...

Trying to find time to train is difficult! I'll be perfectly honest!
Baring in mind... I'm on GTFM... 4 times a week (mon/weds/thurs/sun), I have a part time job... and i have a personal life... BUT...

failing that... 13.1 miles awaits me on 17th October!...

Tips? Eating tips? highly greatful!

email them: jamie@gtfm.co.uk

:) happy days all round!

Grrr!

2010-06-03T12:09:00.003+01:00

My training has been hampered so many times over the last few weeks!

First of all - Work.
Second of all - Being Ill! grrr!

Its so annoying when you're geared up for doing something and then you fall sick and struggle to keep your eyes open!

Anyway - I'm not giving up!

I'll be updating you on GTFM Drive as of 14th June and on here of course to let you know how im getting on...

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Challenge!

2010-05-20T14:05:00.002+01:00

This is going to be very difficult.

That's all I can really say at this moment.

ppfffft!

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Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer!

2010-05-14T20:13:00.003+01:00

Many Thanks to the Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer!

I grace page 7 of this weeks edition... Me with a pair of headphones in one hand and a trainer in the other hand...

Training - ongoing - Every Wednesday around 5.30 on Drive there will be a jamie half marathon update.

Listen online at www.gtfm.co.uk or listen on the wireless at 107.9 in RCT.

JP
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Honesty...

2010-04-30T11:32:00.000+01:00

I will be completely honest...

I still have yet to start my training... mainly due to the fact I have so many things going on until the middle of may (which are slightly more important - its that time of year for those boring things called exams...)

BUT!

From the middle of May - The training will commence properly... Don't forget - if you want to help me out by taking a sponsor form around to your friends, place of work - whatever... get in touch with moi!

GTFM has a sponsor form (with names already there!) on the reception desk...

Remember all money raised goes towards two worthy charities! Teenage Cancer Trust/ GTFM.

Thank youuuu! :)

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Sponsor Forms

2010-04-22T20:05:00.000+01:00

Sponsor Forms are now out and flying around all over the place waiting for some donations.

GTFM presenters
you will have recieved an email from our lovely lady who deals with all our admin and finance with the form attached in pdf format.

If you can take it to your places of work and get some pennies in that would be fantastic!

There is also a form on the reception desk at GTFM.

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General Public
You can donate to my half marathon efforts at GTFM (Pinewood Avenue, Rhydfelin, CF37 5EA) or if you see me wherever i may be! - i'll probably have a sponsor form on me :)

Thanking you in advance :)

P.S - I am not dressing up for the Cardiff Half Marathon despite any appeals from individuals on air at GTFM (you know who you are haha!)

Week 1

2010-04-20T22:33:00.001+01:00

First of all... I'm going to be honest.

No training has been done... However I did walk (ditched the car for once!) up from my house to the town centre (about a mile) where i live yesterday before going to GTFM to present Drive... and thats about it. oh and i did have a kick about in Bute Park today... but not much at all...

I have been busy though doing other things ... Soon enough my training schedule will kick in... every saturday morning with Chris Mason, im going to be set a challenge for my half marathon "challenge" in October!

Keep Listening for Updates (GTFM 107.9 or online at www.gtfm.co.uk )

Get on board - chuck a few pennies into the pot - put your name on a sponsor form if it comes your way - whether it be a small amount or a ma-hoosive amount - every little helps :)

It goes to 2 worthy charities!

Right... off to eat an apple... or sleep... or both... but not at the same time...

Ciao.

Jamie
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Announced! - Friday 16th April 2010!

2010-04-16T09:37:00.001+01:00

Well - This is my first blog of Many!...

and to start plainly ... Its going to be a very long Journey Ahead!

This Morning (Fri 16 Apr) on the All Hits Breakfast Show on GTFM 107.9 with Becci, I announced that i WILL be running the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 17th October 2010.

I will be running in aid of 2 charities

Teenage Cancer Trust - www.teenagecancertrust.org
GTFM - www.gtfm.co.uk

2 Charities that have been close to my heart over the last few years.

(surprise) By the end of the year i will be departing my teenage years and entering the twenties! so in my eyes it the last thing i can do is raise some money for Teenage Cancer Trust. Also GTFM as its provided me with a load of experience and opportunities since my school years.

so... Its going to be tough for me but i will pull through!

Donations are welcome at GTFM (Address Pinewood Avenue, Rhydfelin, RCT, CF37 5ea) or with me in person.

Thank you in advance :)

Keep listening for updates - GTFM 107.9 in Rhondda Cynon Taf and online at www.gtfm.co.uk

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Until the next blog post... Au-Revoir :)

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2010-04-13T21:22:00.001+01:00

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